CVE-2026-27217

Received Received - Intake

NULL Pointer Dereference in Substance3D Painter Causes DoS

Publication date: 2026-03-10

Last updated on: 2026-03-11

Assigner: Adobe Systems Incorporated

Description

Substance3D - Painter versions 11.1.2 and earlier are affected by a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that could lead to application denial-of-service. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application, causing disruption to its availability. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

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Published

2026-03-10

Last Modified

2026-03-11

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2026-03-10

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2026-27217

EUVD

EUVD-2026-10764

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
adobe	substance_3d_painter	to 11.1.3 (exc)

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-476	The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability affects Substance3D - Painter versions 11.1.2 and earlier. It is a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability that can cause the application to crash, resulting in a denial-of-service condition. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker needs the victim to open a malicious file, which triggers the crash.

Impact Analysis

The primary impact of this vulnerability is the disruption of application availability. An attacker can cause the Substance3D - Painter application to crash by exploiting this issue, leading to denial-of-service. This means users may experience interruptions or inability to use the software until it is restarted or fixed.

Mitigation Strategies

To mitigate this vulnerability, you should update Substance3D - Painter to a version later than 11.1.2, as versions 11.1.2 and earlier are affected.

Additionally, avoid opening files from untrusted or unknown sources to prevent exploitation, since the vulnerability requires user interaction by opening a malicious file.

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